Syracuse – ALL-STAR BREAK
Tonight is the AAA All-Star game in Columbus and the lone Syracuse Chief, Jacob Wilson, may make an appearance (if there’s a blowout or they need a pinch-hitter). Roster moves: RHP Jefry Rodriguez optioned from Washington; RHPs Wander Suero, Austin Voth recalled to Washington.

Harrisburg – ALL-STAR BREAK
Likewise, the Eastern League’s best players (and Tim Tebow) will face off tonight in Trenton. Five Harrisburg Senators were named to the team, and four will likely be on hand: Taylor Gushue, Dan Gamaches, Austen Williams, and Derek Self (Kyle McGowin has since been promoted to Syracuse).

Potomac rallied in the 9th and this time it meant something as they came back against Lynchburg for a 7-4 win and snapped a five-game losing streak. Stephen Strasburg made his annual a rehab appearance and was charged with a run on two hits and a walk over three and a 1/3rd innings. He struck out five. Taylor Guilbeau, who worked around the second of two Luis Garcia errors in the 8th, picked up his first win while James Bourque set the side down in order in the 9th for his fourth save. Rhett Wiseman and Ian Sagdal both homered while Nick Banks singled twice to lead the P-Nats attack. Roster moves: RHPs Kyle Johnston, Carlos Acevedo promoted from Hagerstown.

Hagerstown – OFF DAY
After breaking even with a 3-3 roadtrip through Eastern Maryland and West Virginia, it’s a three-game pit stop for the Suns at the Muni against the Fireflies before heading south to North Carolina for four games against the Intimidators.

Auburn – OFF DAY
Likewise, Auburn heads home for just three against the Spinners before they head to Aberdeen over the weekend.

For those of you just checking in on the rehabs, Koda Glover struck out two in his second one-inning appearance; Victor Robles went 1-for-3 with a run scored; Alejandro De Aza went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Rafael Gomez failed to hold a 3-1 lead and instead was strafed for nine hits over two and 1/3rd innings to pick up the loss. Among the regulars, Justin Connell got on base twice with a single and a walk and stole two bases. And if I didn’t bury this any deeper, the G-Nats lost to the G-Mets, 5-3.

I liked Acevedo when he took the bump in Aberdeen opening day NYPL
With unknown DJ in outfield. Two years ago ??
Brass must like McGowin cause he
Fills some IP@ a needed affiliate.
Which pitch was he taught in camp to his arsenal ?

Any way to tell how much influence new pitching coach Michael Tejera has had? Seems like someone has worked a miracle with Austen Williams. McGowin has had a rough patch recently but has been improved overall. Jaron Long seems to have figured things out at Harrisburg, and Jefry Rodriguez was doing well there before he got on the DC-SYR shuttle.

Rhett Wiseman: 16 home runs. It’s not like there are superstars in the Harrisburg OF holding him back.

Very good to see Nick Banks getting his footing at Potomac, hitting .299 there after 19 games, albeit with only three extra-base hits. It took Wiseman a few years to find his college power stroke, and maybe Banks will as well.

As I noted yesterday, I thought Voth should have been getting the MLB starts that Rodriguez has gotten. This is the third time Voth has been called up to the big club, but he has yet to appear in a game. He’s not even Moonlight Graham! By my reckoning, he should be the “probable” starter for Saturday.

I’m curious as well about what they’ll do with him after he re-establishes himself at the upper levels. I don’t want to engage in the debate of who should be playing for the big club, and I don’t buy any talk that they’ll actually trade Harper, but where does Robles fit with Soto/Harper/Eaton/Taylor already rotating? I would be surprised if they burn MLB service time for Robles to have him replace Goodwin on the bench as the 5th OF. (I could actually see them trading Taylor, but that still wouldn’t open up a starting spot for Robles.) I don’t know. As it stands, Robles has already re-cooped the “lost” service time from last season and presumably will have reached Super Two status by the time he could be back in the majors. But I also wouldn’t be shocked if he’s not back in the majors until 2019 because of the service time/playing time conundrum.